Sámi of Russia

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The Sámi of Russia are an Indigenous Finno-Ugric people traditionally inhabiting the Kola Peninsula in the Russian Arctic, known for their reindeer herding, fishing, and distinct cultural and linguistic heritage.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Ter Sámi people 5
Akkala Sami people 1
Kildin Sámi people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Finno-Ugric people ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ
ethnic minority in Russia ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
crossBorderPeople Finland ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
culturalHeritage Arctic subsistence practices ⓘ
reindeer-based nomadic culture ⓘ
yoik singing tradition ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Russian Federation ⓘ
linked to: Russia
facingIssue environmental impacts from mining ⓘ
industrial development pressure ⓘ
language endangerment ⓘ
loss of traditional lands ⓘ
geographicEnvironment Arctic coastline ⓘ
forest-tundra ⓘ
tundra ⓘ
hasOrganization Council of Representatives of the Indigenous Small-Numbered Peoples of the North under the Government of Murmansk Oblast ⓘ
Kola Sámi Association ⓘ
historicalProcess Russification ⓘ
Soviet collectivization ⓘ
sedentarization policies ⓘ
languageFamily Finno-Ugric languages ⓘ
Uralic languages ⓘ
legalStatusInRussia Indigenous small-numbered people ⓘ
partOf Sápmi ⓘ
politicalParticipation Barents Regional Sámi Council ⓘ
linked to: Saami Council
populationCharacteristic small population size ⓘ
recognizedAs Indigenous small-numbered people of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Sámi of Finland ⓘ
linked to: Sámi

Sámi of Norway ⓘ
linked to: Sámi

Sámi of Sweden ⓘ
linked to: Sámi
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
Russian Orthodoxy ⓘ
Sámi indigenous religion ⓘ
traditionalCraft duodji ⓘ
traditionalEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
handicrafts ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
reindeer herding ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Akkala Sámi language ⓘ
Kildin Sámi language ⓘ
Skolt Sámi language ⓘ
linked to: Skolt Sami language

Ter Sámi language ⓘ
traditionalLanguageStatus severely endangered ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Kola Peninsula ⓘ
Murmansk Oblast ⓘ
Russian Arctic ⓘ
linked to: Arctic region

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tersky Coast of the White Sea → traditionalInhabitants → Ter Sámi people ⓘ
linked to: Sámi of Russia
Tersky Coast of the White Sea → ethnicGroupAssociated → Ter Sámi people ⓘ
linked to: Sámi of Russia
Tersky Coast of the White Sea → minorityPeople → Ter Sámi people ⓘ
linked to: Sámi of Russia
Tersky Coast of the White Sea → culturalRegionFor → Ter Sámi people ⓘ
linked to: Sámi of Russia
Ter Sámi → traditionalSpeakers → Ter Sámi people ⓘ
linked to: Sámi of Russia
Sami flag → associatedWith → Russian Sami ⓘ
linked to: Sámi of Russia
Akkala Sami → spokenBy → Akkala Sami people ⓘ
linked to: Sámi of Russia
Kolt Saami → spokenBy → Kildin Sámi people ⓘ
linked to: Sámi of Russia
Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North → hasMemberCommunities → Sámi in Russia ⓘ
linked to: Sámi of Russia